[Bug 957262] [NEW] update-grub ran before update-initramfs resulting in a menu.lst without an initrd line

[Brian Murray]

Public bug reported:

I was performing a distribution upgrade from Lucid to Precise and was
unable to boot after the upgrade.  Come to find out this was due to my
menu.lst missing an intird line.  I had the following:

title           Ubuntu precise (development branch), kernel 3.2.0-18-generic
root            (hd0,0)
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-18-generic root=/dev/md0 ro quiet splash
quiet

I manually added in the initrd line and was able to boot.  I also
reinstalled the linux-image package and the initrd line was created for
the recovery boot option.  From what I could see in the apt-term.log
file update-grub was run one time halfway through the upgrade and
update-initramfs was run at the very end.  So I'm guessing because there
wasn't an initrd available it wasn't added to menu.lst.

** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: dist-upgrade precise

** Tags added: dist-upgrade

** Tags added: precise

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Title:
  update-grub ran before update-initramfs resulting in a menu.lst
  without an initrd line

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I was performing a distribution upgrade from Lucid to Precise and was
  unable to boot after the upgrade.  Come to find out this was due to my
  menu.lst missing an intird line.  I had the following:

  title           Ubuntu precise (development branch), kernel 3.2.0-18-generic
  root            (hd0,0)
  kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-18-generic root=/dev/md0 ro quiet splash
  quiet

  I manually added in the initrd line and was able to boot.  I also
  reinstalled the linux-image package and the initrd line was created
  for the recovery boot option.  From what I could see in the apt-
  term.log file update-grub was run one time halfway through the upgrade
  and update-initramfs was run at the very end.  So I'm guessing because
  there wasn't an initrd available it wasn't added to menu.lst.

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